Eupator ( el, Τιβέριος Ἰούλιος Εὐπάτωρ Φιλοκαῖσαρ Φιλορωμαῖος Eὐσεβής, ''Tiberios Iulios Eupator Philocaesar Philoromaios Eusebes'', flourished 2nd century, died c. 170) was a

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client king of the

Bosporan Kingdom The Bosporan Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus (, ''Vasíleio toú Kimmerikoú Vospórou''), was an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus ...

. Like many of the late Bosporan kings, Eupator is known mainly from coinage. His coins are known from the period 154–170. His relations to other kings of the Bosporus are unknown; he might have been a son of Cotys II and a brother of his predecessor Rhoemetalces. He was succeeded by Sauromates II, perhaps his nephew, whose coins are first known from the year 172. Eupator is mentioned in the writings of

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(Alexander 57). Lucian had witnessed envoys sent by Eupator to travel to

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to pay the Bosporan Kingdom's yearly tribute to

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Julius Eupator, Tiberius Rulers of the Bosporan Kingdom Roman client rulers 2nd-century births 2nd-century monarchs in Europe Eupator, Tiberius 170 deaths

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